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 S704 Phrases That Build a Culture of Curiosity   Curiosity is a powerful practice to infuse into a company’s culture. But managers often limit their definition of curiosity to simply a way to get information. Curiosity, though, can be a more expansive practice — it is a force for connection. We need to move away from “shallow curiosity” and embrace “deep curiosity,” where you unearth stories, values, experiences, and feelings. When conversations go beneath the surface in this way, it can strengthen work relationships, foster a better understanding of yourself as a leader, and help you to navigate conflict or anxiety in the office.
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S1Deepak Chopra: How to Live Longer and Lead Better  When we prioritize our health and wellness, we invest in our most valuable asset - ourselves. In this thought-provoking session at the 2023 Inc. 5000 Conference, alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra will discuss cutting-edge research on longevity--and the potential of psychedelics to promote healing and growth.
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S5S6S7S8S9S10S11Where Companies Want Employees to Work -- and Where People Actually Want to Work  Companies are trying various strategies to adjust to a “new normal” in work modalities, ranging from fully in-office to fully remote to a mix of both. A comprehensive study covering interviews and ethnographic research within three major organizations, each employing a distinct work strategy, has unearthed a fascinating discovery: the intersection of company strategies and individual work preferences culminate in nine distinct employee personas. From the Avatar in a remote-first setting to the Producer in an office-forward environment, these personas reflect how alignment or misalignment between organizational approach and personal preference impacts an employee’s outlook and behavior. With these insights, organizations are encouraged to recognize, understand, and strategically address these personas to foster a harmonious and productive workplace.
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S12Project Managers Should Think Like Startup Founders  Most project managers focus on planning and execution. But large projects rarely go in a straight line, and often that planning doesn’t take into account key assumptions, and the execution goes far in the wrong direction before the need for changes are recognized. Agile approaches don’t go far enough in solving this problem because they focus on pivoting quickly — being reactive — rather than avoiding the problems to begin with. The author, a strategic advisor to large firms, suggests that project leaders should think like startup founders instead, using the tools that have become common in that sector: a project canvas, customer development, and so forth. In doing so, project leaders can uncover and solve for some of the project’s biggest questions and risks first, before scaling to full execution.
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S13Narrow the Gap Between Company and Employee Purpose  Achieving “purpose congruence,” the alignment of corporate and individual employee purposes, is essential for organizational success. Rather than imposing a uniform corporate mission, businesses should foster environments where both personal and organizational purposes harmoniously coexist. To advance this congruence, organizations should: 1) Facilitate “purpose discovery” during recruitment and onboarding. 2) Promote “purpose sharing” to enhance collaboration and find mutual goals. 3) Encourage “purpose integration” by tailoring roles that align individual and company aims. 4) Implement “purpose reminders” in regular activities. By personalizing purpose, businesses can boost productivity and job satisfaction, benefiting both the company and its employees.
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S14How the Cloud Is Changing Data Science  Cloud tools and technologies are influencing the future of data science work in two key areas: scaling resources and improving workforce agility. If organizations want to make use of these capabilities, though, they also need to develop strong data security and privacy frameworks when operating in a cloud environment. The author shares some examples of how organizations are doing this work.
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S15It's Time for Boards to Take AI Seriously  The job of a board is to protect shareholders’ interests. But because AI is so fundamentally disruptive (strategically, operationally, and competitively), the board has an obligation to its shareholders to drive and oversee the change. To keep your company as relevant tomorrow as it is today, the time is now for your entire board to become AI-conversant.
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S16Taupo: The super volcano under New Zealand's largest lake  Located in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, the town of Taupo sits sublimely in the shadow of the snow-capped peaks of Tongariro National Park. Fittingly, this 40,000-person lakeside town has recently become one of New Zealand's most popular tourist destinations, as hikers, trout fishers, water sports enthusiasts and adrenaline junkies have started descending upon it.The namesake of this tidy town is the Singapore-sized lake that kisses its western border. Stretching 623sq km wide and 160m deep with several magma chambers submerged at its base, Lake Taupo isn't only New Zealand's largest lake; it's also an incredibly active geothermal hotspot. Every summer, tourists flock to bathe in its bubbling hot springs and sail through its emerald-green waters. Yet, the lake is the crater of a giant super volcano, and within its depths lies the unsettling history of this picturesque marvel.
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S17Message sticks: Australia's ancient unwritten language  The continent of Australia is home to more than 250 spoken Indigenous languages and 800 dialects. Yet, one of its linguistic cornerstones wasn't spoken, but carved.Known as message sticks, these flat, rounded and oblong pieces of wood were etched with ornate images on both sides that conveyed important messages and held the stories of the continent's Aboriginal people – considered the world's oldest continuous living culture. Message sticks are believed to be thousands of years old and were typically carried by messengers over long distances to reinforce oral histories or deliver news between Aboriginal nations or language groups.
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S18Did Australia's boomerangs pave the way for flight?  The aircraft is one of the most significant developments of modern society, enabling people, goods and ideas to fly around the world far more efficiently than ever before. The first successful piloted flight took off in 1903 in North Carolina, but a 10,000-year-old hunting tool likely developed by Aboriginal Australians may have held the key to its lift-off. As early aviators discovered, the secret to flight is balancing the flow of air. Therefore, an aircraft's wings, tail or propeller blades are often shaped in a specially designed, curved manner called an aerofoil that lifts the plane up and allows it to drag or turn to the side as it moves through the air.
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S19Psilocybin and LSD: What I learnt after experiencing 'psychedelic flashbacks'  I looked down at the driveway and noticed the paving stones were still moving. I'd taken the drug just the night before and hadn't slept, so I wasn't too surprised to start with.This was eight years ago, and it was my fourth trip on 1-P LSD, an analogue of LSD that was purchasable online in the UK prior to a legal crackdown in 2016. I decided that this trip might be my last. Psychedelic space was "just a bit much", I concluded – and things thankfully seemed to settle to a delicate peace over the succeeding few days. That is, until I noticed some very strange events in my vision.
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S20The chilling power of Gaza's internet blackout  On Friday night, after weeks of bombardment, Gaza disappeared from the internet. Cellular towers, landlines, and internet connections all dropped at once, making it all but impossible to get digital information in or out of the territory. The cut coincided with a ground assault by the Israeli military, commencing what Prime Minister Netanyahu called “the second phase of the war.”It was the culmination of weeks of mounting dread. Hamas is still holding 229 Israeli civilians hostage somewhere in Gaza — prisoners from a series of bloody attacks on October 7. The Israeli Defense Forces’ response has been all-out war. More than 7,000 people have been killed, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, including more than 3,000 children. Entire blocks have been reduced to rubble. Hamas is the dominant political power in Gaza, which makes it difficult to distinguish between a war against a belligerent military force and the violent displacement of 2 million unarmed civilians. Worse, Netanyahu seems untroubled by the difference.
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